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Choose the one-word substitute for: “one who is unselfishly concerned for others”.
A. misogynist
B. bankrupt
C. altruist
D. incurable
Correct Answer: C
“altruist” means one who is unselfishly concerned for others.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “one who is chiefly concerned with one's own interests”.
A. curable
B. insolvent
C. egoist
D. misanthrope
Correct Answer: C
“egoist” means one who is chiefly concerned with one's own interests.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “one who talks excessively about oneself”.
A. egotist
B. philanthropist
C. debtor
D. irreversible
Correct Answer: A
“egotist” means one who talks excessively about oneself.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “a person excessively anxious about having illness”.
A. hypochondriac
B. reversible
C. numismatist
D. creditor
Correct Answer: A
“hypochondriac” means a person excessively anxious about having illness.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “a person with a compulsive desire to set fires”.
A. pyromaniac
B. immovable
C. beneficiary
D. philatelist
Correct Answer: A
“pyromaniac” means a person with a compulsive desire to set fires.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “a person with an uncontrollable urge to steal”.
A. benefactor
B. archivist
C. movable
D. kleptomaniac
Correct Answer: D
“kleptomaniac” means a person with an uncontrollable urge to steal.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “a person who regularly cannot sleep”.
A. curator
B. portable
C. heir
D. insomniac
Correct Answer: D
“insomniac” means a person who regularly cannot sleep.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “a person who walks while asleep”.
A. potable
B. choreographer
C. heiress
D. somnambulist
Correct Answer: D
“somnambulist” means a person who walks while asleep.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “using the left hand more skilfully than the right”.
A. descendant
B. left-handed
C. calligrapher
D. inedible
Correct Answer: B
“left-handed” means using the left hand more skilfully than the right.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “able to use both hands equally well”.
A. edible
B. ancestor
C. cartographer
D. ambidextrous
Correct Answer: D
“ambidextrous” means able to use both hands equally well.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “living or acting alone”.
A. economist
B. solitary
C. illegible
D. successor
Correct Answer: B
“solitary” means living or acting alone.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “fond of company or living in groups”.
A. legible
B. sociologist
C. predecessor
D. gregarious
Correct Answer: D
“gregarious” means fond of company or living in groups.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “active chiefly during the day”.
A. anthropologist
B. diurnal
C. eyewitness
D. invisible
Correct Answer: B
“diurnal” means active chiefly during the day.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “active chiefly at night”.
A. nocturnal
B. archaeologist
C. visible
D. witness
Correct Answer: A
“nocturnal” means active chiefly at night.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “living mainly in trees”.
A. inaudible
B. astronomer
C. spectator
D. arboreal
Correct Answer: D
“arboreal” means living mainly in trees.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “living or growing in water”.
A. aquatic
B. meteorologist
C. audible
D. audience
Correct Answer: A
“aquatic” means living or growing in water.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “an animal that feeds on plants”.
A. geologist
B. herbivore
C. impromptu
D. crew
Correct Answer: B
“herbivore” means an animal that feeds on plants.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “an animal that eats flesh”.
A. passenger
B. pathologist
C. extempore
D. carnivore
Correct Answer: D
“carnivore” means an animal that eats flesh.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “an animal or person that eats both plants and animal food”.
A. commuter
B. rhetorician
C. pharmacist
D. omnivore
Correct Answer: D
“omnivore” means an animal or person that eats both plants and animal food.
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Choose the one-word substitute for: “one who does not eat meat”.
A. pedestrian
B. vegetarian
C. dentist
D. orator
Correct Answer: B
“vegetarian” means one who does not eat meat.